Sources report that Shammi Verma, shadow of Sameer Santosh, was spotted sneaking out of victory celebrations for a lonesome walk on the 2.2. Sameer is a winning candidate in the 2015 Gymkhana elections.

Not having another pair of legs to blindly follow, Verma stood completely disoriented for a while. Out of sheer confusion, he ended up doing a full split. Seven different contortions later, when he finally regained the ability to independently perform things, he walked to the lakeside.

Anant Mahal, a Lakeside regular testified to us, “We saw him toss a diary in the water while solemnly shouting the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody. We sensed something was suspicious when he did not gawk at us as he passed by.” Mahal soon had to leave as he was falling behind in some unspoken competition on the Lakeside.

When confronted about the reason, Verma admitted he was disconcerted by the fact that despite being the one who did most of the grunt work for his candidate, while the candidate’s newsfeed was filled with congratulatory messages, his own timeline was nothing but a series of Buzzfeed articles he had shared over the period of last two years.

‘It was finally sinking in. I was a shadow’ he said. We would have preferred if he had been blinking.

When asked to describe the shadow life, Verma drew a blank. He had already blocked out the memories. Cigarette smoke also triggered a panic attack from traumas of the shadow life.

“I wasn’t even friends with him”, Verma remarked about Sameer. “All I ever did was say ‘Hi’ to him if I ever ran into him on the way to the bathroom. We never even shared a table in the mess. It’s funny how a simple ‘Hi’ turns into ‘Hey, will you devote your entire life to me’ and you don’t even realise it”.

When asked to comment, Sameer said “If they were bright, they wouldn’t be called shadows.”

Verma decided to be a shadow when Ashwin Dhawan, Kharagpur’s most celebrated Funda Gawd, called Verma to his room and used the Stockholm Syndrome to manipulate him. Inadvertently.

Dhawan was not available for comment; his wingmates reported he had to wash his hockey stick.

Verma requested we refer to him by his first name in any article we publish.

He also made us promise that his story be given at least 500 words. Maybe the headline is not true after all. This piece is 411words long.

The Hijli Detention Camp’s transition to the first Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur was hailed by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru as symbolic of the changes coming to India- its metamorphosis from a long oppressed nation into a dynamic microcosm of liberal-minded dreamers, doers and achievers. Fast forward six decades, the Supreme Court of India finally axed a draconian article 66A, often used to restrict free speech on the Internet. In the same Indian Institute of of Technology at Kharagpur, however, the idea of free speech and the ability to peacefully settle the question of offence over expression of an idea took a near-fatal blow when one of the student newspapers (edited by yours truly) was forced to modify a spoof video. Ironically, the video was about the imminent student gymkhana elections (elections are supposed to be hallmarks of a democracy, aren’t they? Unless of course we talk of sham elections in North Korea or the Central African Republic!).

We shall provide a brief chronology of the events as they unfolded. The video had the mention of a few halls of residence as a part of the script. Let us assure you once again that the choice of the names of the halls therein was totally random and there was absolutely no bias or ill-will, express or implied. Indeed, we have nothing to gain out of such a motive, since our readership is mature enough to distinguish between humour and malice. It was our faith in the ability of our readers to take a satirical exposition of the established notions of elections and the KGP-culture in general, in good humour that fueled our creative energies towards this video. The release of the video saw an ugly reception from a few individuals, including the Hall-President of a hall that shall henceforth go unnamed. While taking offence towards a statement or an idea is justified and is intensely personal, the resolution of the same requires civility, consensus and a concern for public interest. It was under this framework, universally adopted as the cornerstone of responsible journalism in free, democratic societies, we agreed to address the concerns of the aggrieved parties in consultation with our team of reporters and editors.

A meeting with them, in front of the Gymkhana at around 3 AM on 26th March, 2015, turned unnecessarily ugly. We were fully respectful of the emotions of the aggrieved parties and appealed to them to see reason, given that they were representatives of a large body of students, each of whom were individually capable of rational assessment and could approach us directly with any grievance regarding our posts. Also, a decision to consider their demands of taking down the video or altering it could only be taken by the whole team and not merely by the five editors present. This resulted in threats to take the issue to the administrative officials of the institute and we were, and still are, completely welcoming of the proposition. The ugliest part of the episode was the veiled threat of assault, of not being responsible for 400 boarders surmounting us by strength. At this juncture, let me assure these 400 John Does (or Ashok Kumars for Indianness!) of KGP that their cumulative voices are important to us and shall be respected, within the confines of ethics and rationality. It is baffling that a college campus of what is supposedly among the decent tech schools in the country has elements that have the pernicious ability to force a washout of an object of their dislike, by pure intimidation, and in a manner dissonant with all known norms of civility.

This was when, we decided to expose this hypocrisy, of bashing the AIB-crackdown or the self-gloating proclamation of being liberal and open-minded on one hand and the inablity to take humour at its face value. The bleeping may seem like a concession to the demands made, but it soon became the instrument that effected a Streisand effect over the video, and has enabled us to reach a substantial number of our readers. We have hopefully gotten our message across and are grateful for all the support. This reaffirms our belief that we can safely spearhead the freedom of though and expression in this campus.
Simultaneously with the Streisand effect, we were contacted by many of our alumni and readers rebuking us for our decision of taking the original version of the video down and replacing it with the bleeped out version, and also led to one of the Executive Editor’s resignation in a public letter, their opinion being that the content published by The Scholars’ Avenue should not be subjected to the wishes and whims of the people described, reported or, in this case, just named in it. This led us to deciding to publish an open letter to appease our readers’ concern and curiosity in order to put the situation to rest, to achieve which we reached out to the concerned hall of residence, seeking a public statement from their part to be published alongside the letter.

The condition that we put forth in an email correspondence to the student representatives of the hall present in the aforementioned meeting was: either the hall president sends us their statement within 5 am of the next day, or The Scholars’ Avenue will be forced to re-share the original version of the video in question at our earliest convenience and that we would not expect no subsequent backlash/threat from any boarders of the hall, the responsibility to ensure which will lie with the Hall President. And after the hall of residence failed to comply with our request even six hours after the prescribed deadline, we re-published the original version of the video.

However, general campus cleanliness and waste management are issues that require immediate addressal.

Hall specific frameworks to cater to maintenance complaints in individual halls is already in place. The GSec maintenance is responsible for dealing with maintenance complaints and is kept in check by pressure from the boarders. However, there is no unified portal as such, to handle the students’ complaints as suggested by the candidate.

Currently, the procedure to officially lodge a complaint necessitates a tad bit of leg work which can be avoided once the portal is in place.

Groundwork:

The candidate seems to have put in a reasonable amount of effort into establishing the hierarchy, structure, composition and duties of the committee.

The proposal however, lacks detailing on how students can provide feedback on cleanliness related issues, and how transparency will be maintained in these activities.

The proposal requires coordination between the different hall councils, but details of such interactions have not been mentioned.

Feasibility:

If the proposal is taken seriously, it should be highly feasible as most of the frameworks are already in place and only a unified portal needs to be set up. Recruitment should not pose a hurdle either.

Weekly inspection of halls, while tedious, can be easily done if motivation levels are maintained.

Impact:

The establishment of such a portal would lead to a reduction in redressal time of complaints, if done correctly.

Surprise raids for quality check seems to be unrealistic.

The students will welcome a positive impact on campus cleanliness in general.

Proposal 2: 4 point Agenda to improve Placement scenario

Need : The placement interviews are something that most people fear and profiles that companies offer are often mysterious. Given the considerable number of problems that plague the final year students , any proposal that seeks to alleviate such distresses would be welcome.

Groundwork: Not much has been mentioned about the organization that would be conducting these workshops, and hence, any issues that may arise from their side. How much the workshops would cost also remains unknown. The detailing of the Youtube channel. resume building workshops and career oriented seminars can be more explicitly mentioned.

Feasibility : Conducting these workshops over a single weekend is ambitious as students require more time to get better at soft skills. Given that the proposal seeks the help of final year students, motivation levels are a genuine concern.

Impact : The successful implementation of this proposal would serve as a huge boost to career prospects of students.

Proposal 3 : Online Portal for Monetary Transparency

Need: The need of the hour for most societies and sports in KGP is efficient disbursement of funds from the Gymkhana for their various activities. A frequent complaint of most Governors of Gymkhana societies is that their bills take too much time to cleared and there is too much leg work involved in following up.

There isn’t much clarity on what the online portal will contain as the budget for most activities in the Gymkhana is passed in the starting of the year itself. There is already a proposal of uploading the budget on the new Gymkhana site which is in its implementation stage. This online portal will have the most impact in the halls of residences where bills like the mess bills are often reported to be charged arbitrarily.

The post of Student Auditor seems redundant with the Academics Section already having an appointed auditor who clears Gymkhana bills with moderate efficiency.

The main problem with the Gymkhana monetary modus operandi is the disconnect between the administration of the Gymkhana which comprises of professors and the workers of the Gymkhana who report to the registrar. It is this disconnect that leads to the rigidity in the system.

Groundwork: There is no mention of any ground work in the proposal though it is expected that the candidate has at least met the General Secretaries, the Vice President, the President and the Treasurer, TSG.

Feasibility: The “online portal”, looking at previous proposals of the same nature, seems unlikely to be developed in one academic session.

The Student Auditor post seems even more unlikely as such direct power over money matters is unlikely to be put into the hands of a student with an auditor already appointed.

Impact: There have been many instances where the integrity of the Gymkhana in financial related matters has been questioned. This online portal may increase transparency in the system.

The post of Student Auditor seems dubious at best and doesn’t seem to have any positive impacts.

Proposal 4: Emergency Hotline Number

Need: There already exists a phone number from BC Roy to be used in cases of medical emergencies. However, there is an overwhelming majority supporting the need for a hotline number in cases of security emergencies, given that 647 distress cases had been registered with the Women Empowerment Cell in the last-to-last year.

Groundwork: It doesn’t seem like any research has been done to substantiate the numerous claims made in the proposal.

Feasibility: Highly unlikely, given the procedures involved to get a hotline number, acquiring capable staff to monitor and relay calls to BC Roy Hospital and the police are massively difficult to get through.

Impact: KGP’s current heuristic for emergency distress calls (non-medical) are to the Happa or in extreme cases, the VP. This would certainly take off this burden off them.

Proposal 5 : Conference Advisory Board

Need : There is no dearth of conferences for students to apply for, and as tempting as it may seem to attend most of them, they may have little or no value addition to their academic repertoire. The presence of a formal advisory board would considerably help the students.

Groundwork : Poor. There is not much research done on the institute’s current policy with respect to funding. Mostly, academic conferences tend to get funded, whereas the other activities a lower down in the pecking order. There is no information provided about any dialogue with the institute authorities and hence, their consent over the board’s formation and responsibilities remains unknown.

Feasibility : There already exists an option on ERP to seek financial assistance for attending conferences. Uncertainty over an overlap of the responsibilities of the advisory board and the scrutinizers of the financial applications persists. There are too many students who have attended conferences before and a more stringent selection criteria needs to be in place.

Impact : Indisputably, this will inculcate a more positive attitude towards attending conferences among students.

Need: The Institute administration, in light of Vision 2020, has been encouraging activities that project a global image to the Institute. Identifying the potential of students as ambassadors of the Institute is a valuable, if late, observation. Participation from KGP in forums like the World Business Dialogue, and the Hult Prize has been going up, so this proposal does come at an apt time.

Groundwork: The proposal grossly overestimates the ability of students to push through MoUs with other universities or research centers. The signing of MoUs is an activity handled by the administration and is a testament of the relationship between the signing universities. The proposal is ill-defined in the kind of activities it would support – debates vs case study competitions.

Feasibility: New bodies and committees in KGP are always to be taken with a grain of salt. Also, the source for new funds needs to be highlighted.

Impact: Students in KGP seek out opportunities, not the other way around. While the existence of such a body might help speed up the process, it will have minimal impact on participation when it comes to internships abroad.

Proposal 2 : English Learning Programme

Need : With the imminent scrapping of the English course in the first year, this seems to be a necessary step. The reputation of the institute is harmed considerably by the lack of proficiency in English of its students, especially during placement season.

Groundwork : The candidate has done a good amount of groundwork, especially in terms of the levels of proficiency. The introductory assessment is a much needed step, since not everyone is at the same level in terms of spoken English when they join, and people who know English well, need not go through the basic courses. However, the cost of such a programme has not been touched upon. The Council may be a charitable organization but the cost of high quality teaching will have to be borne by someone.

Feasibility : The British Council generally encourages these initiatives and hence collaboration should not be a problem. The introductory assessment too should not be an issue (it is merely a test after all.) It is thus highly feasible. However, the size of the programme (we are assuming over a thousand students per batch will need support) might prove to be a deal breaker.

Impact : If the proposal meets its desired objective, the quality of officially presented work that the students currently engage in, will rise dramatically. The impact on the contentious ‘image of KGP’ is immense.

Need: An increase in top tier recruiters hiring from KGP is always welcome. However, the candidate’s assertion that top tier Indian recruiters do not come to KGP seems unfounded at first glance. Quite a lot of top tier recruiters DO hire from KGP, and the ones that do not, have other reasons, like the remoteness of our location, that would seem valid to any financially conscious company, especially when they can hire students possessing the same level of skills and intellect from the other IITs.

Groundwork: Important to mention here that companies that the candidate has cited examples of, need to be applied to, separately. SpaceX does not even hire non-American citizens. But it would have looked better had he shed more light on the number of alumni positioned in top tier recruiting companies that do not hire from KGP currently.

Feasibility: The proposed composition of Chairman, Vice Chairman, CDC and VP would put enormous pressure on the concerned people to oversee the workings of another committee. We also question the productivity that would result in just 3 or 4 meetings that would be convened throughout the year. When the candidate asserts that ‘the Institute lacks a dedicated framework to approach and involve these highly positioned alumni to facilitate Placements at IIT Kharagpur’, given that we already have an Alumni cell, we fail to see how a committee consisting of such overworked people can pull off what he hopes that it will.

Impact: Will certainly attract more start-ups to campus, and it doesn’t seem too ambitious at first sight, if the committee was constituted by people who aren’t as encumbered as the ones the candidate wants in it.

Need: LGBT awareness, suicide prevention and sex/relationship education are vital in KGP where most students come from a conservative society. The need of this proposal cannot be emphasised enough, at a time when in a heteronormative society sex education translates to pornographyand counselling is seen as a mental illness.

Groundwork: Though quite many awareness campaigns and collaborations with NGOs have been suggested, the candidate has not mentioned contact with any organisation or their approval. The ideation is appreciable but the draft is evidently extempore.

Feasibility: Institute backing for the LGBT awareness drive is a fantasy when Article 377 prevails. Sex education is a world apart when there are professors who object to informal clothes.

Need: Women in IIT KGP have often been victims of eve teasing and harassment both inside and outside campus. There isn’t a specific institute backed Women’s safety hotline and having one would be a boon to the campus.

Groundwork: The Groundwork was not mentioned in the proposal that was sent to us. However, a video released a day after the SOP shed more light on its functioning

It has not been mentioned who would be responsible for the development of this app.

There was neither a mention of a Beta version that will be released nor was there any mention of consultation with public officials.

Feasibility: This proposal is definitely feasible and will be a welcome addition to the institute’s policy on Women Safety. However, a hotline that women can call will prove to be much more effective rather than them having to open up an app and click on an icon in times of duress. Also, most cases of harassment are reported outside the campus where this app won’t work.

Again, as we have mentioned before, development of any app takes at least a semester of constant work and an app of such nature needs to be devoid of any glitches.

Impact: The impact of this app even if a single case of harassment is prevented will be significant as the safety and the dignity of its students is and always will be a priority for the institute and its elected representatives.

Endurance is also a stage one filter motor skill; it has not been considered here as such a test would require a longer period of time. In the test designed here, an average participant finishes his part under a minute

(TEST OF SPEED): The 1st referee blows his whistle and the participant starts off for a short 20 m sprint to check point 1.

(TEST OF FLEXIBILITY): At the demarcated area (checkpoint 1), the participant has 15 seconds to perform as many half-crunches as he/she can (Time will signalled by referee 2 posted near checkpoint 1).

(TEST OF COORDINATIVE ABILITY): From checkpoint 1, the participant will have to pick up two balls (a shot put ball and a volley ball) and run 14.14 metres towards checkpoint 2. His/her arms should be outstretched when he/she does this exercise.

(TEST OF STRENGTH): The participant will then enter the demarcated area in checkpoint 2, drop the balls and hop on one leg for 14.14 metres back to the starting point. The participant will not be allowed to switch his/her leg midway through the run.

Each stage of these tests will be timed separately and the total points of each participant will be calculated by the following formula

Score= + + +

T1= Best time for stage 1 (from our survey)

t1= Participant’s time in stage 1

N= Highest number of half-crunches for stage 2 (from our survey)

n= No. of half-crunches by participant

T3= Participant’s time in stage 3

t3= Highest number of half-crunches for stage 3 (from our survey)

T4= Participant’s time in stage 4

t4 = Highest number of half-crunches for stage 4 (from our survey)

Survey statistics are at the end of this document

Once the final group scores are tallied, the top ten teams with the highest scores are awarded with goodies.

LONG TERM PLAN (Inter IIT factor)

A pool of 150 students are chosen from this batch for the next round:

This round involves filtering the 150 students into the different sports depending upon their interest and their potential (as judged by the coaches)

This is when each of the student states his/her interest in a certain sport and his particular skills in that sport are tested. The student will be flexibly allotted a sport according to the tests he passes.

Important note: All tests have been approved by the PTIs of the various sports and the tests will be conducted and tested by experts in the respective sports.

Athletics:

60m run

Medicine ball throw

Standing broad jump

Standing back throw

Iron ball throw

Badminton: Test the following

Drop shot

Service

Rally

Hockey: Test the following

Hit

Push

Dribble

Scoop

Cricket

Front foot drive

Back foot drive

Arm action

Catching

Football

Lofted kick

Header

Instep

Volleyball

Service

Lift

Smash

Basketball

Lap

Dribbling

Shooting

Aquatics

Freestyle

Backstroke

Breaststroke

Butterfly

Weight lifting

Lawn Tennis

Table tennis

Service

Top spin

Chop

Squash

Parallel hit

Drop shot

Boast

Budget:

Goodies

Amount

Quantity

Source

Total

Sports T-Shirts

250

5*5

Gol-Bazar

Kamalesh Sports

6250

Sports Water Sippers

170

5*5

Flipkart

4250

Total: 10,500

People consulted:

Mr Sudeep Kumar: PTI

Mr Samba Kar: PTI

Mr Adrip Mitra: PTI

Dr Gyan Swaroop: PTI

Mr Ardendhu Ghosh: PTI

Mr Pranab Sarkar: PTI

Mr Soumen Mandal: Sports Officer in-charge

Dr R. Prabhakar: Sports Officer in-charge

Ms. Priyanka Kumari: Sports Officer in-charge

Survey data:

Sl.no.

Test subjects

Time in stage 1 (s)

Crunches

Time in stage 3 (s)

Time in stage 4 (s)

1

Arvind Vikas

2.9

19

5.2

4.2

2

Ashwin Kumar

3.2

18

4.9

6.8

3

Ankit Shekhar

3.7

12

5.9

7.1

4

Rajat Shrivastav

3.4

16

6.3

7.7

5

Anshuman Sahu

4

15

6.5

6.9

6

Rachit Vashisth

4.3

9

6.1

8.5

7

Vyom Shrivastav

4

12

8

7.5

8

Himanshu Singh

5.6

14

7.1

8.3

9

Yash Verdhan Lakhotia

3.6

14

6.7

8.9

10

Suraj Kanojia

3.3

16

5.6

5.2

11

Sushil Kumar Meena

3.9

13

6.9

6.3

12

Jivan Jyoti

3.4

17

5.3

5.1

13

Mohit Khushwaha

3.7

15

6.2

5.6

14

Prashant Kush

3.9

13

6.4

5.9

15

Ganeshwar Rao

3.6

14

6.9

6.2

16

DT Samrat

3.9

11

6.8

6.3

17

Arvind Naik

3.3

16

5.2

5.9

18

Kuldeep Murmu

3.9

13

6.1

6.7

19

Rishu Kumar

4.1

10

6.5

7.3

20

Ayush Verma

4.2

14

5.9

6.9

21

Himanshu Ojha

4.7

9

7.3

7.8

22

Deepak Rajak

5.2

7

8.1

8.4

All tests were conducted in the Badminton court Gymkhana. Each test was timed on different stopwatches.

Proposal 2:

Organizing a women’s week consisting of various sporting activities solely for women.

Aim of the Program:

Increase women participation in campus sports activities.

Improve overall women ranking in Sports General Championship.

The Present System:

Fresher’s tournaments and Open IIT events are organised for both men and women

Inter hall events are also organised.

Need of such a program:

Women participation has the potential to be increased

To create a more competitive environment among women in sports

Moreover, the General Championships in the Inter IIT for men and women have been combined. We came 5th (women’s) in the 2014 edition of the Inter IITs. This program would be a great help in improving that position next year.

How it Works?

This is the day-wise distribution of different events that would take place:

Day 1

Skipping

It will be a group event which will be held in Jnan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 9PM.

One group will comprise of 3 girls.

In this event, number of jumps by each girl of the group will be counted.

The time allotted to each group to jump will be 90 seconds.

The group for which, number of jumps is maximum will win the event. Awards will be given to the top 3 groups.

Tug Of War

It will be a group event which will be held in Jnan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 9PM.

Team size of each group will be 4.

In this event, two groups will compete with each other to pull the rope on their respective sides.

One match will be observed for 2 minutes and the judgment will be given based on which team dominated the play.

The format of the tournament (knockout or league) will be decided once registration is over and we know how many teams are participating.

Day 2

Pithoo

It will be a group event which will be held in Jnan Ghash Stadium from 7PM to 9PM.

Team size of each group will be 5.

Match length will be 15 minutes.

The team with maximum points will be declared the winner.

The format of the tournament (knockout or league) will be decided once registration is over and we know how many teams are participating.

Rules:

7 small flat stones will be stacked up in the centre of a square field.

One player tries to hit the stack with a tennis ball.

The other team tries to catch the ball. If they catch it after it has hit the pile and before it has bounced again, the first team is out. If the ball misses the pile but is caught before the second bounce, the thrower alone is out and the next player from the same team gets to throw.

If the thrower succeeds in knocking the pile down without the ball being caught immediately, then the thrower’s team tries to restore the pile while the other team tries to hit them with the ball.

If the pile is restored before a player is hit, the throwing team wins and the same thrower gets another chance to throw.

If a player is hit before the pile is complete, the entire throwing team is out and the teams reverse roles. This continues for a specified length of time. The team which has restored more piles wins.

Arm Wrestling

It will be a game involving two participants.

It will be played as a knockout tournament in TSG from 7PM to 9PM.

A Player will have to place one arm on the surface with her elbow bent and touching the surface and grip other player’s hand. The player will have to pin the other player’s arm onto the surface, with her arm over the opponent’s arm to win the match.

Day 3

Dodge Ball

It will be a group event which will be held in Jnan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 8PM.

Team size of each group will be 5.

Two groups will compete with each other and the group which has maximum number of players left after 10 minutes will be declared as the winner

The format of the tournament (knockout or league) will be decided once registration is over and we know how many teams are participating.

Futsal

It will be a group event which will be held in TSC from 7PM to 9PM.

Team size of each group will be 5.

Duration of each match will be 10 minutes.

Knockout matches.

Maximum participants: 16*5=80

Maximum matches=15

Maximum matches one team can play: 4

Two days event.

Day 4

Badminton

This event will be held in TSG from 7PM to 9PM.

In the beginning, all the participants will be introduced to the Inter IIT Players of IIT Kharagpur and a basic motivational session will start the day.

After that, basic rules will be announced and then matches will begin.

Objective would be to provide the taste of game to the participants, not a competition.

Short running

This event will be held in Gyan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 8PM.

The event will continue for three days.

Players will be divided in groups of 8 and races of 100m will be organised.

Winners of each race will qualify for the next level: Heats.

The top three students of the final race will be awarded.

Day 5

Squash

This event will be held in TSG from 7PM to 9PM.

Motivational session by inter IIT players.

After that, basic rules will be announced and then matches will begin.

Matches will be purely for the sake of experience, no competetion.

Throws

There will be three different types of events

Hammer Throw

Javelin Throw

Discuss Throw

Every event will be held in Jnan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 9PM.

The student whose throw will be the longest will be awarded.

Day 6

Tennis

This event will be held in Tennis Court from 7PM to 9PM.

Motivational session by inter IIT players.

After that, basic rules will be announced and then matches will begin.

It will be a knockout tournament.

Self Defence Workshop

It will be held in Gyan Ghosh Stadium at 6PM.

The workshop will be headed Karate Sir.

The aim of this workshop will be to make girls aware of various techniques to defend themselves in situations.

Day 7

Basketball

This event will be held at Basket Ball court from 7PM to 9PM.

Motivational session by inter IIT players.

Basics of Basketball.

Objective would be to provide the taste of game to the participants, not a competition.

Table Tennis

This event will be held in TSG from 7PM to 9PM.

Motivational session by inter IIT players.

After that, basic rules will be announced and then matches will begin.

It will be a knockout tournament.

Jumps

There will be 3 different types of events

Long Jump

Triple Jump

High Jump

Every event will be held in Gyan Ghosh Stadium from 7PM to 9PM.

The student whose throw will be the longest will be awarded.

Volley Ball

This is a group event which will be held at Volley Ball court from 7PM to 9PM.

Motivational session by inter IIT players.

After that, basic rules will be announced and then matches will begin.

It will be a knockout tournament.

Objective would be to provide the taste of game to the participants, not a competition.

Aquatics Workshop

It will be held in Swimming Pool Of IIT KGP at 6PM.

The workshop will be headed by Inter IIT players and coaches of our Institute.

Purpose of this workshop :-

To spread knowledge about basic swimming techniques and ways to improve skills.

Promoting swimming among girls.

Budget:

Workshop souvenirs:

Aquatics- 50*15(wrist bands)

Prizes:

Winning team’s players will be given goodies of Rs 100 each.

The players of the team coming second will be given goodies of Rs 75 each.

And the players of team finishing 3rd will be given goodies of Rs 50 each.

strength of the total contingent of IIT Kharagpur was 162. This makes it around

5.5% compared to 40% their student strength.

Hence it is clear that there is very less participation from the Postgraduate

and Research Scholar side and a structured plan is of paramount importance to

increase the same.

What I have plan to do:

1) Separate workshops of all the sports will be held for the Girls,

Postgraduate students, Research Scholars, Freshers And Under

Graduates.

2) During workshop there will be respective PTI and Inter IIT team

members of that sport for guidance.

3) After workshop there will be a tournament, from tournament we

will select the players for Inter IIT practice session. If the player is not

selected and He/She is interested in that sport can also join the Inter

IIT practice session where they will build there skills under guidance

of PTI.

4) The awards will be given to the best emerging players who

performed well in tournament, so as to encourage all the participants.

5) Certificates will be given to all the participants, this can lead

to more participation in the workshop.

To ensure healthy participation:

1) Timely and regular notices with the full information about the upcoming

sports events would be posted in the respective Freshers Halls Of Residence,

Girls Halls of Residence, Post Graduate Halls of Residence and Research

Scholar Halls of Residence. And also proper publicity through creative posters

& from social networks will be done.

2) The General Secretaries of Sports of all the above mentioned Halls of

Residence will be roped in to raise awareness for the events. I would also take

the aid of respective Inter IIT players to spread word about the events. The

Gymkhana Secretaries of Sports along with Post Graduate Representative for

Sports and Games, Research Scholar Representative to Institute Senate and

Post Graduates Representative to Institute Senate will themselves go to every

Post Graduate and Research Scholar hall to spread awareness about this separate

tournament.

3) Prizes and certificates would be given to the position holders in the events

held after workshop through Gymkhana.

I would also instate a award separate for Girls and Boys by the name:

a) Emerging Sportsperson ,

b) Freshers Sportsperson ,

c) Post Graduates Sportsperson and

d) Reseach Scholars Sportsperson

to motivate all the students to attend workshop.

4) Certificates will be given to all the participants, this will be usefull to

attract the students for workshop.

Benefits:

1) These work shops will help in getting the early attention towards

sports activities in IIT Kharagpur, specially, of the first year Under

Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Scholar students.

2) Any interested student can learn a sport of their interest and can be a

part of Inter IIT team of that sport.

3) The workshops will focus on search of talented sports persons in

Girls, Freshers, Under Graduates, Post Graduates, Research Scholars

for Inter IIT Sports Meet.

Tentative Calendar:

· Cricket 25th — 30th July (morning)

· Football 1st – 5th August(evening)

· Squash 4rd – 9th August (evening)

· Volleyball 1st – 5th August (evening)

· Basketball 25th – 30th July(evening)

· Weightlifting 12th – 13th August

· Aquatics/Water Polo 31st July(evening) & 1st August

· Athletics 7th & 8th August

· Table tennis 4th – 9th August(evening)

· Badminton 8th — 12th August (evening)

· Hockey 5th–9th August

· Lawn Tennis 4th — 8th August

Budget Required:

A) For respective sport workshop, The required equipment will be provided by

Gymkhana.

B) The amount required for Trophy, Medals which will be given at the end of

tournament held on the last day of workshop will be around Rs. 23000.

Conclusion:

The proposal addresses to the needs of the student community and

hence will be instrumental in “upliftment of sporting culture” as

mentioned in my Statement Of Purpose. Currently, Proposals are being

made to increase the facilities regarding Sports and Games in IIT

Kharagpur and as facilities will increase, the increase in participation is

required in the coming years and my proposal is a structured plan of

doing the same.

PROPOSAL 2:

I propose to Conduct Postgraduates and

Research Scholars Sports Meet under the

shade of Technology Students’ Gymkhana .

This will help to identify the talented players in

Research Scholars and Post Graduates.

Current Scenario:

Currently, There is a Research Scholars Sports Meet

which consists of 3 events namely Research Scholars

Premier League(RSPL) in Cricket, Research Scholars LA-

LIGA (RS LA-LIGA) in Football, Research Scholars

Badminton Championship which is for both Girls and

Boys. This year RSSM was conducted from December

18th, 2014 to January 11th, 2015. This year, 8 teams

participated in RS LA-LIGA and 16 teams participated in

RSPL.

The financial support for events conducted in RSSM was

given by departments and sponsors. The main sponsors

of RSSM were:

a) Pioneer Sales and Caterer

b) Kumar Sweets and Decorators

c) Eastern Knights Kolkata Rotary Central Club

d) Shankar Mishra Car Rental Services

There was no financial support fron the

Technology Students’ Gymkhana to conduct these

events.The total budget of RSSM conducted in

December was around 4 lacs.

What I have plan to do:

1) Conduct a separate Sports Meet for Postgraduates

and Research Scholars during semester time.

2)The Sports Meet will be conducted by Gymkhana

and there will be no sponsorship for these events.

3) To introduce more sport in Research Scholars

Sports Meet like Athletics, Volleyball ,Table

Tennis,etc.

4) There will awards like Best Sportsperson, Best

Emerging Sportsperson for each sports conducted in

Sports Meet.

Benefits:

1) The Post Graduates and Research Scholars

will participate in large number.

2)Conducting Sports Meet during Semester

period will help to select the Post graduates

and Research Scholars for Inter IIT.

3) This will increase the sports activities of

Research scholars and Post Graduates.

4) It will motivate the students to participate as

the Gymkhana will interested in increasing the

Post Graduates and Research Scholars active

participation.

5) It will helps to identify the talent in

Postgraduates and Research Scholars.

6) This will help to increase the participants

from Postgraduates and Research Scholars in

Inter IIT Contingent.

Budget:

1) As the sports meet is going to conducted under the

shade of Gymkhana, The required equipements of each

sports will be provided by the Gymkhana.

2) The amount required for Awards, Medals and Trophy

Rs. 6000.

3) The total amount required will be around Rs. 4 Lacs

which can be included in Gymkhana Budget.

Conclusion:

The proposal is addresses to the needs of Research

Scholar and Post graduate students . This proposal will help

to increase the participation of Research Scholars and Post

Graduates in Inter IIT contingent.

Proposal 3

I propose to introduce an online portal which will focus

on the keeping records related to Sports and Games in IIT

Kharagpur. The Link of portal is “tiny.cc/iitkgpsports”.

The online portal will highlight the following features:

- The yearly record of result of each match of every sport

played during Inter Hall General Championship along with

standings and award holders name of each sport.

- The yearly record of results of Open IIT and Freshers of each

sport will be present on portal.

- The performance of IIT Kharagpur contingent in each Inter

IIT Sports Meet will be present on the portal along with

standings of each sport.

- The portal will be keep record of Inter IIT medal winners.

- The Inter IIT record holders of IIT Kharagpur will be

mentioned on the portal.

- The names of players who represented IIT Kharagpur in Inter

IIT Sports Meet after 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet will be

present on the portal.

- The names of Gymkhana award holders in Sports and Games

will be there on the portal.

Benefits:

- Will increase the awareness and motivation for freshers which will

in turn increase the participation and promotion of sports and

games in institute.

- Will give much needed recognition to sportspersons in the

institute which will increase their confidence, motivation and

hence performance. For example, there are some famous

inspirational stories about inter IIT players; this portal well serve

as a common platform for all those stories about dedication and

determination.

The web portal will serve the purpose of providing day to day

updates and happenings in sports and games in IIT Kharagpur for

both current students and alumni.

This will keep the record of medal winning teams of Inter Hall

General Championship which is rarely available in Institute or any

hall records.

Ground Work:

Portal has already been created.

Following features will be incorporated :

1. Inter IIT results

2. Inter IIT Points Tally

3. Inter Hall points tally

4. Inter Hall matches results of each sports

5. The names of the players of medal winning team in Inter Hall.

6. Gymkhana Awards

PROPOSAL 4:

I propose to take the videos of the Practice Sessions
of Inter-IIT for every sports so as to make the

detailed analysis of performance of each player and

rectify them by the discussions among PTI, Captain,

Secretary and the players of the sport in regular

intervals.

Aims :

The video footages of these practice session will be projected as

such like a formal class

PTI, Captains,Players will work over the performance keenly using

the slow motion of video if required in Sometimes in the final

analysis

A performance chart will be made regarding the positions of the

players and where they must be placed.

Individual can be taken care of and the mistakes of each player

can be identified easily in the process.

Who will do the recording(s) :

The Secretary of the respective Sub Committee would be responsible

for the video coverage proceedings.The recording will be stored by the

Secretary of the concerned sub- Committee for future reference.

Essentials :

Video Camera/Recorders:

There is already one existing video camera in gymkhana. The video

shooting will be taken care using that.

I will also propose for a new camera in the Budget of Gymkhana.

Formal Interactive Sessions :

Rooms will be taken from Vikramshila and Nalanda whenever

needed for deeper understanding of logistics in the game.

Players can go along with the PTI get their video projected and

can discuss furthur logistics behind their strategies.

They can also watch the videos of techniques in WEB such that

the secret behind the technique is posted exactly to the players in

the presence of the PTI.

Benefits:

1. It will directly result in improving a player’s technique and skill

and hence their performance at their Inter-IIT Sports Meet.

2. It will help the players to discover their weaknesses and they can

concentrate on improving the weaker aspects of their games.

3. It would serve as data store for accessing and assessing past

records of performance.

4. It will help prevent injuries for the players due to wrong

movement or technique.

5. It will help the players the exact point of their move in the sport

going wrong.

6. It will help in improving each and every point of execution in

particular

Conclusion :

This Step will be a driving force to improve the performance of the

players individually to a larger extent. The players will be having an eye

on themselves so as to rectify the mistakes gradually. Repeated

attempts over this exercise may lead to a drastic changes in the results

in the Inter IIT Sports Meet 2015.

]]>http://www.scholarsavenue.org/news/proposalsof-gaurav-shenoy-general-secretary-sports-and-games-candidate-2015-16-2/feed/0Proposals – Prateek Jain – General Secretary Sports and Games Candidate 2015-16http://www.scholarsavenue.org/news/proposals-prateek-jain-general-secretary-sports-and-games-candidate-2015-16/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proposals-prateek-jain-general-secretary-sports-and-games-candidate-2015-16
http://www.scholarsavenue.org/news/proposals-prateek-jain-general-secretary-sports-and-games-candidate-2015-16/#commentsThu, 26 Mar 2015 14:00:10 +0000http://www.scholarsavenue.org/?p=159321.I propose to introduce a sports mentorship program, where student mentors will hold regular teaching sessions for various sports for the students interested in learning a sport.

Benefits:

1.It will benefit the students who are eager to learn a new sport and make their learning curve a lot easier as they will be guided by the best athletes in the institute.

2. It would result in a larger group of players getting into a sport as a direct result of proper guidance and mentorship.

3.It would help promote the sporting culture across the campus.

Incentives for Mentors:

1. The mentors will be provided an appreciation certificate from the Technology Students’ Gymkhana.

2. The mentors profile will be put up on the Gymkhana Website, thus giving them recognition for their work.

3. This programme will provide them with a platform to hone their leadership skills

4.They will revisit the basic techniques of their game which will help in improving their own performance.

5. Passing on knowledge during mentorship is itself an incentive as it would instill a sense of good-will and self-esteem among mentors.

2.I propose to conduct a seminar for each sport at the beginning of the academic session by Physical Training Instructors for sports specific information dissemination and discuss the current problems being faced by the sporting community.1. Sports specific information dissemination.

2. Outlining the schedule the practice and fitness sessions for Inter IIT preparation

3. Information about Inter IIT team selection process and possible dates of selection

4. Previous year standings and records

5. Suggestions from current players to improve the current performance of team

6. Discussion about previous year mistakes that can be worked upon this year.

7. Information about Open IIT and Gymkhana fresher’s event related to that sport

8. Discussion about other probable matches that our team can play other than Inter IIT to get first hand experience.

3.I propose to organize a separate Sports’ Week for Women and Research Scholar & Post-Graduate Students in the Institute.

Abstract:

To increase the participation of Women, Research Scholars and Post-Graduate Students in the Institute, I plan to introduce a special sports week separately for each one of them. The sports week will spread awareness about each sport and will serve as a motivation for players to take up the sport seriously.

In case a student falls in two categories, he/she can attend both Sports weeks. There will be fun events along with the Sports that will be taught to instill the interest amongst the student community.

Brief Summary: Introduce a exclusive Workshop for all the sports for all Freshers, Under Graduates ,Post Graduates and Research Scholars.

Pros: Tries to Address the problems of low participation from Freshers, Girls, Post Graduates and Research Scholars in the Inter-IIT contingent.

Cons: Practically impossible to conduct a workshop for almost the entire student community for each and every sport in the campus. ). Will create an immense workload for the PTIs considering the number of participants and this will hinder crucial Inter-IIT practice that takes place during this time of the year .Extremely Redundant considering the Freshers Tournaments that take place during the same period(month of August )

Proposal 2

Brief Summary: Conduct Postgraduates and Research Scholars Sports Meet under the shadow of Technology Students’ Gymkhana

Pros. Seeks to inspire an increase in the sporting activities of Post Graduates and Research Scholars

Cons: Given the current participation of Postgraduates and Research Scholars Sports in the inter-hall event and a Research Scholars Sports Meet, creating an entirely new event will be a huge burden on the Gymkhana. Considering the time constrains of these students during the semester having an acceptable participation in these events cannot be guaranteed.